"[2] Radio Varieties magazine reported in its September 1940 issue that the concept of the Joyce Jordan storyline originated during a ride on a bus in New York City.

Producer Himan Brown and author Julian Funt sat behind a young couple "who were arguing the age-old theory that marriage and a career do not mix.

"[3] As the two men who developed radio programs overheard the conversation, the storyline of Joyce Jordan emerged in their minds.

[1] After graduating from her internship, Dr. Jordan was a surgeon at Hotchkiss Memorial Hospital in a mythical place named Preston.

"[7] From the beginning, Brown and Funt sought to make the stories in the program more realistic than what listeners might have heard in other medically themed soap operas.

Cox wrote, "By the time Dr. Jordan said 'good-by' on her final broadcast on Friday, October 8, 1948, the fans were already acquainted with the family that would replace her.

[7]: 237 Seven actresses — Helen Claire,[9] Rita Johnson, Ann Shepherd, Betty Winkler, Elspeth Eric, Gertrude Warner and Fran Carlon —[4] had the title role at various times.

Others who often appeared on the program were Mary Jane Higby, Michael Fitzmaurice,[1] Rex Ingram, Agnes Moorehead and Theodore Newton.